From f660a5469c9f7f85ca0925f2a5727df88f529f46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Troy Brown <brownts@troybrown.dev>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 23:07:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix last change in align.el

* lisp/align.el (align-region): Additional fix of last change.
(Bug#80316)

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
---
 lisp/align.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/align.el b/lisp/align.el
index c2132da17ea..362d59f2231 100644
--- a/lisp/align.el
+++ b/lisp/align.el
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ aligner would have dealt with are."
                     (align--set-marker rule-beg (match-beginning first) t)
                     (setq save-match-data (match-data))
 
-                    (or rule-beg
+                    (or (marker-position rule-beg)
                         (error "No match for subexpression %s" first))
 
                     ;; unless the `valid' attribute is set, and tells